Kindergarten
Kindergarten is vital for the development of the students on an emotional, affective, linguistic, social and cognitive level. That is why we work to offer them a familiar and welcoming environment in which they feel welcome and safe, while we offer a wide range of experimental, manipulative and cognitive possibilities, with the aim of awakening their interest in the world of knowledge, taking especially in mind creativity, linguistic immersion, psychomotricity and music. We want to build a solid foundation for future stages.
Our Infant stage is characterized by our trilingual program. Through play, music and art, our students learn to communicate in English and have a positive attitude towards other cultures and the acquisition of other languages. Our goal is for our students to make a natural use of English, while continuing to develop their skills in the other mother tongues. To achieve this, the immersion in English covers half of the school schedule.
Read more... At Saint Nicholas School we understand that each student is a true protagonist of their knowledge, while teachers are a guide for their development and training. In order to promote the individuality of each one, from the Psychopedagogical Department we implement the Multiple Intelligences Program, to discover and accompany the student in his learning process, which is unique and different for each individual . Our familiarity, one of the main axes of our project, will be made more marked, if applicable, during the Children’s stage, promoting a close relationship between family and School, in order to accompany the student in his process of Adaptation and growth, and to have special care for their emotional development. Read Less...
Primary Education
Like in the previous stage, our pedagogical project is lies on a work methodology that is based on the knowledge of multiple intelligences, and on the need to develop emotional intelligence in the student.
In Primary Education we are working with the skills and competences beyond the area knowledge that we know our students will need in the future, such as teamwork, responsibility, critical thinking, or the ability to lead and take initiative, and with the social conscience.
Likewise, we accompany them to enhance their physical and intellectual abilities, and to develop other values and habits that will help them in their development throughout the school years, such as study techniques and behavior patterns in the school environment.
During the Primary stage, the longest of all schooling, the foundations of the personality and values of each of our students will be laid, for the later stages. That is why we will pay special attention to the development of each of our students, from an academic, human and spiritual perspective.
Secondary Education
During the Secondary stage we prepare our students for their path to the Baccalaureate. It is a stage in which we will focus on forming them in responsibility and autonomy, as well as in the critical spirit towards themselves and towards others and the events that surround their life and social reality.
The years of Secondary will be vital in strengthening the study and work habits that the students will have acquired during the Primary Stage. It is therefore, a valuable moment to continue training in self-discipline with art and sport, and to consider both skills as an alternative to their leisure time, since the foundations of future habits are laid for life during the teenage years.
In the same way, we motivate our students in the consolidation of social responsibility through our Social Participation Program. A well as in the Primary stage, the School is a guide in the initiation of the solidarity spirit and in the way to channel it. In Secondary we aim for the students to do as a result of their own personal commitment and motivation, while we help them in the materialization and coordination of personal and group initiatives.
Read More... Due to the requirements of the academic curriculum, in the Secondary stage, students must take their first decisions regarding the subjects and itineraries that will shape their future studies. It is a moment in which we will guide and accompany them in this orientation through our Educational Mentoring process and the Psychopedagogical Department self-knowledge tests. Boths actions are part of the Augere Program. The Mentoring process is a conversational practice between the mentor and the mentee (student), which offers individual resources so that students successfully face their training and the decision-making related to academic transitions and their professional future. Read Less...
Baccalaureate
The main objective of the Baccalaureate at Saint Nicholas School is to guide our students in their future personal and professional development and to advise them on matters relating to their career choices and future studies.
We understand that Baccalaureate students are facing one of the most important decisions of their lives: choosing a university course, a decision that requires maturity, confidence and self-awareness that not all students possess.
Therefore, one of our main objectives is to work on this aspect from two different angles. First, with a Mentoring Programme, which provides students with the resources and tools they need to tackle their educational processes and make decisions related to academic transitions and their future social and working life in an autonomous and responsible manner. Secondly, by promoting their personal growth through individual coaching that will guarantee success in this and other future decisions.
All with the aim of helping our students find the university degree that best suits their desires and professional vocation; today’s students with a passion and vocation to be part of tomorrow’s world, and with the challenge of changing it by contributing their skills and personal wealth.
At Saint Nicholas School, our students can study the following types of Baccalaureate:
- Technological
- Scientific
- Biomedical
- Business
- Social
- Humanities
The subjects chosen for each of these modalities have been designed to allow access to the greatest number of degrees, both at Catalan universities and nationally.
In addition, we offer our students the Dual Baccalaureate, a diploma that can be taken alongside the national Baccalaureate, with subjects studied online and entirely in English.
The advantage of studying for the Dual Diploma is that students will obtain two qualifications simultaneously:
- The LOMCE Baccalaureate
- The American Baccalaureate (High School Diploma)
This High School Diploma is recognised in all US states and at their universities.
Students who choose to pursue the Dual Diploma will have a tutor at the School who will accompany them in their studies and presentation of work, and a tutor assigned to Academica International Studies, the entity responsible for validating the North American baccalaureate.
Upon completing their secondary education, all our students will embark on the professional adventure of Work Experience, a project that forms part of our Pre-University Programme , thanks to which they will spend two weeks at a company or institution where they will gain first-hand experience of the profession they wish to pursue through their university studies. Work Experience involves a real schedule, assigned tasks, and a mentor who will monitor and provide feedback on their ‘work’ once the internship is complete.
In summary, upon completing the final stage of schooling at the College, we want Saint Nicholas students to strive to better themselves every day, to give their best in their work, in their immediate environment, and in society. In other words, a happy student, prepared for life and motivated to improve the world, characterised by the following traits:
- He knows himself, has a passion for life, and bases his decisions on reasonable and balanced objectives.
- He works well in a team, knows how to defend an idea in public and manage his emotions.
- He is intellectually motivated and is a critical and creative thinker.
- He is supportive, and serving others is part of his daily life. He is committed to the world around him.
- He has been in contact with the art world, in which he excels in some discipline and practises at least one sport regularly.
- He is fluent in three or more languages and has a good mental structure.
- He has learned about other cultures, had international experiences, and passed international external examinations.
- He is a happy person with Christian values, eager for personal growth and committed to the world.